Hello Families!

FRIDAY NEWSLETTER

Hello Families!

Another packed week in PreK. This week, we covered Investigation 1: What are the characteristics of the trees in our community? And began Investigation 2: Who lives in Trees?

Reads included Our Tree Named Steve, The Grouchy Ladybug, Trees Count, and Who Lives in Trees?

We learned about the characteristics of deciduous trees and evergreen trees in depth this week. First, we began creating a chart about the characteristics of deciduous and evergreen trees. As the children shared their responses, we noticed they shared commonalities: All trees have roots, a trunk, and a crown, all trees need water, soil, and sunlight to grow. We took our chart a step further and created Venn diagram. Ask your child about deciduous and evergreen trees!

On Thursday, we began Investigation 2: Who Lives in trees? During discussion and shared writing, the children recalled the creatures in the book Who Lives in Trees? and created a chart. We’ll refer back to this chart as we think about what might live in our trees. Our responses were:

Shreyas- tree frog Tallulah- woodpecker Benjamin- koala Shaina- butterfly Jonathan- bat Emery- skunk Abigail- squirrel Mila- spider Kian- tree snake Nikolai- snake Oliver- flying dragon Teddy- ladybug Adele- blue bird Jordyn- bees

Important Dates and Announcements

 November 16th Field Trip to Trailside Nature Center. Please see us to sign-up if you’d like to chaperone!

 November 18th PreK Potluck Read-Aloud Night! (Potluck hand-out attached below)

Visit to 2 nd Grade’s Farmers Market on Thursday! Preschool Family Potluck Friday, November 18th at 5:30-7:00pm We are excited to invite you to our Preschool Potluck!

Families will bring appetizers, entrees and desserts to share with everyone!

You will be able to meet other preschool parents, your child’s classmates, and talk to the teachers and Mr. Hogan! There will also be a special read-aloud for all of the families with a special book for everyone to take home! Please meet in the school library at 5:30.

Our class parents, Joanna and Aastha will be in touch with more information about how you can help.

See everyone there! Photo Highlights MATH, MATH, MATH! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Happy 5th Birthday Adele!